October 20th, 2025

Sports

Local Sports

  • Nine Tigers named to NHL Central Scouting’s preliminary players to watch list

    A collection of Medicine Hat Tigers have gotten the attention of NHL Central Scouting. Nine Tigers were named to Central Scouting’s preliminary player to watch list released on Monday. The list breaks players into letter-grade ratings based on which round(s) they are candidates to be selected in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. Former Tigers forward [...] Read More »

    20 hours ago
  • Tigers fall Sunday 3-1 in Vancouver

    The Medicine Hat Tigers drop the second game of their B.C. road trip. Vancouver scored twice in the first period and held on as the Giants downed the Tigers 3-1 Sunday evening. Medicine Hat opened the six-game trip with a 5-4 loss Saturday at Victoria to the Royals. “I thought we played pretty good tonight, [...] Read More »

    1 day ago
  • Tigers open B.C. trip with 5-4 loss to Royals

    The Medicine Hat Tigers dropped their first game of the B.C. division road trip. The Victoria Royals scored three straight second period goals Saturday night and they were able to respond in the third, beating the Tigers 5-4. Medicine Hat came into the contest, the first of the six-game B.C. division trip, off a 3-2 [...] Read More »

    2 days ago
  • Soakin’ in the Tubb: Early bits and bites from the Tigers’ season

    jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Five weeks and nine games into the WHL season for the Medicine Hat Tigers and there’s only so much to be learned. It’s a small sample size for a 7-2 team, sitting tied for third in the whole league. Small samples can be tasty enough, see Costco for a shooter of smoothie or paper [...] Read More »

    3 days ago
  • Bishop finishes second as national college golf championship wraps at Desert Blume

    jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Wyatt Bishop played some of his best golf, putting himself two strokes back of a National College championship. The Medicine Hat College Rattlers golfer entered the final round of the four-day championship held at Desert Blume Golf Club four strokes back of the leader, Thomas Grenier of Champlain St. Lawrence. Bishop shot a 68, [...] Read More »

    3 days ago

National Sports

  • ‘Believe in everybody’ Scherzer tells Bieber before Blue Jays win ALCS

    TORONTO — Surefire Hall of Famer Max Scherzer pulled Shane Bieber aside the night before Game 7 of the American League Championship Series to give him one simple piece of advice: “Believe in everybody, because everybody believes in you.” Bieber scattered seven hits over 3 2/3 innings, allowing two runs, but striking out five, as [...] Read More »

    6 hours ago
  • Smith-Njigba, defense show out again for Seahawks in 27-19 win against Texans

    SEATTLE (AP) — Jaxon Smith-Njigba had his NFL-leading fifth 100-yard receiving game of the season as the Seattle Seahawks beat the Houston Texans 27-19 on Monday night. Smith-Njigba, who entered the game leading the league in receiving yards, gave Seattle a 14-0 lead late in the first quarter when he caught an 11-yard TD pass [...] Read More »

    6 hours ago
  • Sports scoreboard for Monday, Oct. 20, 2025

    Monday’s Scoreboard MLB Playoffs Championship Series | Best-of-seven American League Toronto 4 Seattle 3 (Toronto wins series 4-3) — NHL Montreal 4 Buffalo 2 Winnipeg 2 Calgary 1 Philadelphia 5 Seattle 2 Minnesota 3 N.Y. Rangers 1 Vegas 4 Carolina 1 — NFL Detroit 24 Tampa Bay 9 Seattle 27 Houston 19 — Tuesday’s Games [...] Read More »

    6 hours ago
  • NHL roundup: Canadiens beat Sabres 4-2 with three third-period goals

    MONTREAL (AP) — Lane Hutson, Juraj Slafkovsky and Jake Evans scored in the third period, helping the Montreal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Monday night. Oliver Kapanen also scored for Montreal in fifth win in six games. Nick Suzuki and Alex Newhook each had two assists, and Jakub Dobes stopped 30 shots. Slafkovsky [...] Read More »

    6 hours ago
  • Fernandez, Mboko win opening matches in Tokyo’s Pan Pacific Open

    TOKYO — Leylah Fernandez continues to roll in Japan. The 23-year-old from Laval, Que., who won the Japan Open in Osaka on Sunday for her fifth career singles title, defeated Maria Sakkari of Greece in the opening round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Monday night. Fernandez took two hours, two minutes [...] Read More »

    6 hours ago